Nisha Mordani’s Blog

Meditation ?????What is it?Do we have to go to the Himalayas to meditate?Do have have to give up the comforts of life if we want to meditate? We often think… Meditation???For me?No way….I’ll find time for that when I retire from work!!! WOW…what misnomers!!!Who has seen tomorrow…why wait till you are 60 to do what babies do when they are born???

Yes…babies are born with their hands in “adi mudra”…i.e four fingers of each hand wrapped around their little thumb …amazing isn’t it?? They are in such a blissful, meditative state….we have so much to learn from them!!

MEDITATE OUR WAY TO GLOWING HEALTH——-CHOICE IS OURS!!!!!

This seems a very strong statement!! All it takes is a simple decision ,yet we avoid this and bury our heads in the sand like ostriches!Why? The list of justifications is long and rather hilarious at times.For instance…”I really don’t have the time”…”I cannot sit still for so long”…”I don’t have the patience!!!” Does any of this sound familiar ???

Each one of us is an embodiment of energy.We are connected with Divine cosmic energy,but we do not realise this.Even as we read this the question pops up “Is this right ?”And so we go on questioning ,yet the truth stares us in the face.

Let us take our bodies for instance. Most of the times we tell our body to shut up,instead of listening to the signals it gives us.No other living creature needs an alarm clock to wake up or a sleeping pill to go to bed.We pride ourselves on how we abuse our body.We gloat about how much we can drink,how late we can party,how hard we can work and how badly we can treat ourselves and our body.No wonder we need more food to stop feeling hungry,more drugs to overcome illness,more wine to get drunk,and more television to stop getting bored.

Our body has tremendous intelligence built over 600 million years of evolution as living beings .Much of our body  activity is controlled by the autonomous nervous system with no inputs from us consciously,such as ,breathing,digesting,maintaining our balance or even regulating our sleep - wake cycle.If we needed to worry about doing these things we would be tied up in knots !!!

This is the miracle of our body intelligence.Every single cell in our body is gifted with intelligence to carry out its own functions and coordinate with the functions of related cells.Our mind and body interact very closely and influence each other in amazing ways.Over 85% of our physical ailments are influenced by our mind and are psychosomatic.The mind has the power to both cause and cure diseases.

PET scans( positron emission tomography…. scan to detect diseases early) show that memories evoke different chemical patterns in the brain.Instantly this information is spread through the body to the cellular structure.Our body is truly a reflection of our thoughts!!

It is ONLY through meditation that we can connect with our body to understand what it requires.We start out thinking that meditation is all about sitting in one place very,very still and concentrating on a point between the eyes…That,my dear, is the best way to get a headache Meditation is certainly not about “concentration”. It is more about “Complete Relaxation”, of our body and our mind.The more we relax into meditation,the more benefit we derive from the process. We need to listen…..listen and connect with the beautiful silence within. Finally…do we want a life of health…wealth…laughter .. OR… disease… depression….dullness….THE CHOICE IS ENTIRELY OURS !!!!

Now the question is……where and in what position should one sit in order to meditate??Well….it is ideal to find a quiet corner…sit in the position you are most comfortable in……close your eyes and take a few deep breaths…then just relax and let go !!

I,for one,also meditate while I go for a Nature Walk!! I go alone,in silence,look around at the beauty of Nature….observe things I have never ever noticed before…like the shapes of certain leaves…the little ants crawling up the bark of a tree…the sounds of insects and birds…the setting sun…the shapes of clouds…oooooooh….just about everything that adds to the beauty of Nature!!! My heart fills with gratitude and I thank God again and again for this beautiful world and the gift of life!!!

The bottom line is…..keep aside 20 minutes of ” me time ” each day …. when you can be with yourself and get in touch with yourself